must have a unique identifier. Without one, there’s no way to refer to the object. For a human organism, the unique identifier is a DNA sequence and a fingerprint (the fingerprint needed to ...

A Unique Device Identifier (UDI) is an individualized alphanumeric signature associated with a single medical device. Since 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has mandated the placement ...

Specifically, the House voted to repeal a 21-year ban on funding for a national patient identifier — a unique number or code comparable to a Social Security number that would be assigned to each ...

In 2008, a report from the RAND Corporation estimated the cost of generating a provably unique identifier for everyone in the United States would cost roughly $1.5 billion in taxpayer money ...

July marks the start of the 18-month shift to a new unique entity identifier (UEI) for doing business with the government. In December 2020, the System for Award Management website, SAM.gov, will stop ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Michael Rosenston is a fact-checker and researcher with expertise in business, finance ...

The personnel development skill identifier code, or PDSI, is used, in combination with an enlisted member’s military occupational specialty, to identify unique skills, training or experience ...

Johanna Leggatt is the Lead Editor for Forbes Advisor, Australia. She has more than 20 years' experience as a print and digital journalist, including with Australian Associated Press (AAP) and The ...